Tag: Natural Gas
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EDITORIAL: Restoring common sense to Colorado’s energy policy
It appears everyday Coloradans will get a direct say in Colorado’s war over natural gas. On one side of that conflict, Gov. Jared Polis, House Speaker Julie McCluskie and other ruling Democrats are intent on tightening their grip on natural gas production in the name of “clean-energy” zealotry. In their perfect world, natural gas would…
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EDITORIAL: Will feds spare Colorado from its own electrification agenda?
The war on affordable energy in Colorado has taken many forms — from attempts to strangle our vital oil and gas industry to edicts that impose costly and unattainable emissions standards. Along those same lines, Colorado as well as Denver have mandated hyper-stringent energy efficiency requirements for existing buildings, pushing an electrification agenda that ramps up…
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EDITORIAL: Another ballot attack on oil and gas
Since the passage of Senate Bill 19-181 in 2019, Colorado has been turning the screws on oil and gas development with the nation’s strictest industry regulations. Apparently for some, that isn’t enough. The activist environmental group Conservation Colorado, often a proxy for the Polis administration on climate issues, wants to overhaul the system with four…
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EDITORIAL: Natural gas is crucial to Colorado’s energy, climate goals
A new report released by Advance Colorado Institute amid the final weeks of the legislative session offers a timely reminder of the Polis administration’s nonsensical war on natural gas. Advance Colorado argues in the 27-page report that if Colorado wishes to pursue an energy policy that is both secure and sustainable — as well as…
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U.S. energy secretary warns Colorado’s energy policies could drive up prices, deter businesses
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U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Monday warned that Colorado’s energy policies could lead to higher electricity prices and deter businesses, such as data centers, from locating in the state. Wright, a former executive of a Colorado-based energy company tapped by the Trump White House to lead the energy department, urged state policymakers to focus…
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PUC holds firm on ambitious 41% greenhouse gas cut for natural gas utilities
The Colorado Public Utilities Commission refused to ease a greenhouse gas reduction target for natural gas utilities, voting 2-1 to preserve a 41% cut in use by 2035 despite utility requests for a lower number and environmental groups pushing for more aggressive action. Commissioners Tom Plant and Megan Gilman defended the benchmark, adopted by the…
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Xcel seeks back-to-back rate hikes totaling $546 million
Colorado’s largest utility filed for major increases in both electric and natural gas rates within weeks of each other, a move that could add roughly $17 a month to the average household bill serving both services. Xcel Energy submitted a natural gas rate case to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission on Dec. 29, 2025, seeking…
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PERSPECTIVE: The high cost of Colorado’s ‘clean heat’
By Jake Fogleman For most Coloradans, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is perhaps the most important state agency they’ve likely never heard of. In the energy space, where it oversees utilities with government-granted monopolies, the three-member commission is above all charged with ensuring the availability of “safe, reliable, adequate, and efficient” gas and electric service…
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Colorado residents face high energy bills after regulators turn away from natural gas, experts say
Colorado residents could be paying a lot more for home energy, following the state’s decision last week to turn away from natural gas as a home cooking and heating fuel, experts said. Some 1.9 million Colorado households warm their homes each winter using gas. That’s also how tens of thousands of businesses heat their buildings.…
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Federal judge narrows industry challenge to Denver natural gas restrictions
A federal judge on Tuesday narrowed the challenge to Denver’s recent restrictions on certain natural gas appliances from a collection of industry groups, noting some of the complained-about regulations were not in effect. Last summer, trade associations representing homebuilders, restaurants, apartment buildings, hotels, manufacturers and fuel suppliers sued the city. They took aim at a…